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==Composting==
Are you supposed to compost or throw away tea bags? They have the little metal staple in them, so I thought they were throwaways, but there is not consensus on this issue.
It's debatable. If you're really concerned, just tear the staple off and compost the rest of the bag. See Link: [http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/01/revolution_torg.php#comment-16034]
==Hats==
# Take off your hat indoors.
# Especially in class.
# Find a way not to be offended by those JERKS who would dare wear HATS indoors. How dare they though, right? Outrageous.
# Find somebody who genuinely doesn't understand WHY wearing a hat indoors is considered offensive, and explain it to them in a polite and, above all, well-reasoned manner. Because, seriously, I don't get it.
#*It's not necessarily ''offensive,'' but it is ''courteous'' to remove hats. It's something I picked up from military customs and courtesies (and before that, teachers; and before that, parents). Two reasons: First, you can see a person's whole face/head better without a hat, and so personal interactions are more open and expressive without it. Second, leaving a hat and/or jacket on indoors gives the impression that the person is about to leave the building and, presumably, the people in the building with whom they are interacting. When I have a coat/hat on indoors and am talking to my parents, for instance, I'm liable to hear the expression, "hey, take off your coat and stay a while!"
#* Don't begrudge people who leave hats and jackets on indoors given Williamtown's near arctic climate.
#** Hey, presumably it's not subzero ''indoors.'' (Well, in most [some?] buildings.) And baseball caps do very little to keep people warm. Regardless, even the military makes exceptions to this courtesy for temperature, religion, etc.
#* How about receding hairlines? Do those warrant keeping the hat on? Or what about just a bad hairday? Nasty scar? Pimple? Scalped by natives?
# Especially if you are at an event at Chapin Hall, Brooks Rogers, Images, the theater, etc. I can't see the play/concert/speaker/movie through your giant ushanka or that baseball hat jauntily propped so that it adds an additional five inches to your head.